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  • noun biochemistry The addition of two methyl groups to a molecule

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Examples

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • In support of our finding, a number of experimental studies show that PRMT5-catalyzed symmetric dimethylation of H4R3 is associated with repression of gene expression.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Immunohistochemistry was performed for histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation (H3K4me2), histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2), and histone H3 lysine 18 acetylation (H3K18ac).

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Asz1, Magea5, and Magea3, were included in large organized chromatin K9 modifications (LOCKs), which is the region enriched with histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Atsushi Fukuda et al. 2010

  • Immunohistochemistry was performed for histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation (H3K4me2), histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2), and histone H3 lysine 18 acetylation (H3K18ac).

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and H3K79 dimethylation (H3K79me2) are present at fairly equal levels in cellular extracts of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

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